Writers and poets in the far western mountain area of North Carolina and bordering counties of South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee post announcements, original work and articles on the craft of writing.

Saturday, December 1, 2018

Meagan Lucas is nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize for her short story, "Voluntary Action."

Congratulations to NCWN-West member, Meagan Lucas, who has been nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Prize, a prestigious American literary
prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best
"poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in small presses over the previous year. Click on the link to go
tohttp://www.stilljournal.net/ and
read Meagan's nominated short story, "Voluntary Action."

A
Canadian who found home in Western NC, Meagan lives in Hendersonville with her husband
and their two small children. Meagan writes literary fiction and teaches
composition at AB Tech.

Her work can be found in a variety of literary journals
including:The Santa Fe Writers Project, The Penmen Review, The New Southern
Fugitives, Embark Literary Journal, Attic Door Press and Barren Magazine. Her
story “Kittens” is the 2017 Winner of the Scythe Prize for Fiction. Family
life, the grey space between right and wrong, and the dark underbelly of the
American Dream figure prominently in her work.

You can read more at:
www.meaganlucas.com She tweets
grudgingly @mgnlcs. When she's not writing or teaching, she likes to bake and
haunt bookstores.